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What’s News in Markets: Bubble Fears, AI Slop, Toilet Stocks
How is the AI trade different from the dot-com bubble? And why wasn’t Wall Street impressed by Palantir’s blowout quarter? Plus, what does a glass com...
What the U.K. Populist Surge Says About Politics Everywhere
A.M. Edition for May 8. Early U.K. election results point to a surge in populism and deep voter dissatisfaction with the incumbent Labour party. WSJ U...
Should You Trust ChatGPT With Your Money?
A.M. Edition for May 7. U.S. airlines are warning that already-high airfares will surge if the war in Iran doesn’t end soon. And the Trump administrat...
Health Officials Trying to Trace and Contain Deadly Hantavirus Outbreak
P.M. Edition for May 6. A patient in Switzerland has been hospitalized with a strain of hantavirus after returning from a cruise to South America. Thr...
Pentagon Says Iran Attacks Don’t Rise to Level of Restarting War
P.M. Edition for May 5. After Iran’s most recent attacks on the United Arab Emirates, the Trump administration is looking the other way. WSJ chief for...
What’s News in Earnings: Oil Companies Look Forward to a Windfall
Bonus Episode for May 5. Financial results from U.S. oil companies Exxon Mobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips show how oil companies expect to reap the b...
Why Almost Everyone Loses on Prediction Markets
A.M. Edition for May 4. President Trump announces a new plan for opening the Strait of Hormuz - but traders seem unconvinced, sending oil prices highe...
Tariffs’ Messy Reality: The Cost-of-Living Election | Part 1: Ohio
On the campaign trail and from the Oval Office, President Trump billed tariffs as a means to reclaim America’s historic role as a manufacturing powerh...
How King Charles Un-Tariffed Scotch
A.M. Edition for May 1. American oil execs give Venezuela a second look as the resumption of direct flights to Caracas signals a major thaw in relatio...
Big Tech Rakes In the AI Revenue
A.M. Edition for April 30. After several years of massive infrastructure spending, four of the biggest names in tech reported sales growth yesterday t...
China’s Carmakers Bet Big on (Electric) SUVs
A.M. Edition for April 27. After an attack outside the White House Correspondent’s Association dinner, WSJ’s Washington coverage chief Damian Paletta...
What’s News in Markets: Persian Gulf Oil Damage, Defense Stocks Under Fire, AI Revivals
When will the oil shock fade? And why are defense companies losing ground despite booming demand? Plus, how AI is giving legacy tech a second act. Hos...
Tesla Shares Drop on $25 Billion AI Spending Plan
A.M. Edition for April 23. Tesla shares have slipped off-hours despite surprising Wall Street with better revenues - and rising car sales. WSJ’s Becky...
Can a Chatbot Be Charged With Murder?
A.M. Edition for April 22. Florida has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in a mass shooting that killed two people at...
President Trump Says the U.S. Will Extend the Iran Cease-Fire
P.M. Edition for April 21. President Trump said the cease-fire with Iran, which was set to expire tomorrow, will continue. Earlier, Vice President JD...
Why Apple Bet on an Engineer to Lead the AI Era
A.M. Edition for April 21. Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down and handing the baton to hardware chief John Ternus. While Cook’s tenure saw the compan...
House Republicans Rebuff Trump—Twice
A.M. Edition for April 17. In a setback for GOP leaders in Congress, Republican lawmakers join Democrats in blocking a five-year renewal of a key nati...
Pentagon Asks Carmakers to Boost Weapons Production
A.M. Edition for April 16. Washington dusts off its World War II playbook, asking manufacturers like GM and Ford to ramp up weapons production. Plus,...
Who Really Had It Worse: Boomers or Millennials?
A.M. Edition for April 14. To see how the finances of two of the biggest generations in American history stack up, WSJ’s Joe Pinsker looks at whether...
U.S. Spring Home Selling Season Is Off to a Rough Start
P.M. Edition for April 13. New data out today shows that U.S. existing home sales dropped 3.6% in March, worse than economists expected. We hear from...
Iran, U.S. Trade Threats After Peace Talks Collapse
A.M. Edition for April 13. The U.S. plan to blockade the Strait of Hormuz sets up a risky new showdown that could draw American forces into a prolonge...
Why a Hormuz Toll Makes Economic Sense
A.M. Edition for April 10. The White House is racing to contain Israel’s deadly war in Lebanon ahead of peace talks with Iran this weekend. At the cen...
Israel’s Lebanon Strikes Threaten Iran Peace Push
A.M. Edition for April 9. Global stocks fall and oil prices are climbing as cracks in the fragile U.S.-Iran truce begin to show. Israel’s deadly attac...
U.S. and Israel Consider Attacks on Iran’s Economy
A.M. Edition for April 6. In an interview, President Trump says he could strike every power plant in Iran if Tehran doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz...
Iran Prepares for U.S. Ground Invasion
A.M. Edition for April 3. Tehran is responding to the threat of possible U.S. military action on its soil by stepping up defenses around its biggest o...
More U.S. Troops Arrive in Middle East
A.M. Edition for Mar. 30. President Trump is considering using U.S. troops to extract uranium from Iran. WSJ national security correspondent Shelby Ho...
AI Agents Like OpenClaw Are Here. How Can You Use Them?
AI agents—artificial-intelligence tools that can perform real-world tasks—are the buzziest thing in Silicon Valley. Some businesses and individuals ar...
What’s News in Markets: Bearish Bets, Defiant Oil Prices, a Social Media Reckoning
Why are last year’s market darlings falling out of favor? And is Big Tech having its “Big Tobacco Moment”? Plus, how energy stock gains translate to b...
Senate Funds Most of DHS, Including Pay for TSA
A.M. Edition for Mar. 27. Senate Republicans and Democrats agreed in the early hours of Friday morning to fund most of the Department of Homeland Secu...
U.S. Sends Iran Plan to End War
A.M. Edition for Mar. 25. Mediators are pushing for a meeting between U.S. and Iranian officials as early as tomorrow in the hopes of ending the war i...
Pilots Killed in LaGuardia Crash
A.M. Edition for Mar. 23. Two pilots have been killed after an Air Canada Express plane arriving from Montreal, collided with a firefighting vehicle i...
What’s News in Markets: Gold Tarnishes, Not-So-Super Micro, Micron Peak?
Why are investors turning away from gold? And why weren’t Micron Technology’s blowout earnings good enough? Plus, why is Super Micro’s co-founder in h...
Why War Isn’t Spooking Wall Street—Yet
A.M. Edition for Mar. 18. Gulf leaders insist on crippling Iran’s regime before ending the war, marking a major pivot from a region that once courted...
Inside OpenAI’s NSFW Growth Plans
A.M. Edition for Mar. 17. Israel says it killed Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani, in airstrikes last night on Tehran, according to defense minister...
U.S. Asks for Help to Address Energy Crisis
A.M. Edition for Mar. 16. President Trump says he and his team have approached seven countries about policing the Strait of Hormuz – the vital waterwa...
The State of Women in 2026: Progress, Pay Gaps and Participation
It’s Women’s History Month, and we’re taking a look at how American women are doing—professionally and economically. Government data show that women’s...
What’s News in Markets: Campbell’s Snack Problem, Centene Sinks, Petco Optimism
Why are salty snacks hurting Campbell’s shares? And what’s ailing Centene stock? Plus, why Petco thinks it can make a profit comeback? Host Xavier Mar...
Four U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq Plane Crash
A.M. Edition for Mar. 13. The U.S. military confirms that four U.S. servicemembers were killed yesterday when a refueling plane crashed in Iraq. The d...
IEA Says Iran War Causing Biggest-Ever Supply Disruption
A.M. Edition for Mar. 12. Oil prices briefly topped $100 a barrel following a wave of new Iranian attacks on vessels in the Persian Gulf. WSJ reporter...
Iran Is Trying to Choke Off Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz
P.M. Edition for Mar. 11. Three commercial ships were hit today near the Strait of Hormuz as Iran steps up its efforts to close off that critical ship...